History of Pleasant Valley, Town of Vermont, Wisconsin
There is a Pleasant Valley Road and a Pleasant Valley
Conservancy, and according to the U.S.G.S. there is a Pleasant Valley, but
there is no Pleasant Valley Creek in the Town of Vermont. (There is a Pleasant
Valley Creek or Branch in the Pecatonica River watershed in the Town of Perry, Dane County.)
In scanning through old newspapers from the 1920s I
discovered that at one time in our area there was a Pleasant Valley
“community”, consisting of the folks who lived along East Blue Mounds Creek (County F and Pleasant
Valley Road). This community name was also applied to the cheese factory that
was at the corner of County F and Zwettler Road.
According to the Mount Horeb Historical Society (which keeps
track of such things) the cheese factory operated from around 1880-1890 until 1928
as either the Kelliher or Pleasant Valley Cheese Factory. It burned in 1928 and
in 1930 was rebuilt as the Pleasant Valley Cheese Factory.
This cheese factory continued in operation until the late
1960s. The building still exists but is now a residence. Fortunately, the
historic sign also still exists.
I assume that the reason the U.S.G.S. gave the Pleasant
Valley name to this area is because of the cheese factory, although the label
itself follows the valley which encompasses Pleasant Valley Conservancy.
Descendants of the Helmenstine and Brunner mentioned in the
newspaper article still live in this area. The name Booth mentioned in the article is connected with the Booth School whose building still exists on County F, although no longer a school. The George Lockwood farm is now Pleasant
Valley Conservancy.
Photo by Kathie Brock taken 5 January 2016
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